BA, MA (Michigan State); MA, PhD (Berkeley)
Senior Officer Research Data Management Support Services

Libby Bishop works part-time in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds as Senior Research Archivist where she is responsible for establishing and developing a new archive of qualitative longitudinal data. The archive is being created as part of the Timescapes Qualitative Longitudinal study which involves the collection and analysis of data on the dynamics of family life and personal relationships across the life course. She promotes the archive as a resource for reuse, including the provision of training and support for new users. Libby also works part-time as Research Liaison Officer at ESDS Qualidata, a service of the UK Data Archive, University of Essex, where she supports data depositors in areas of data sharing and management, especially ethical reuse of data. She also does outreach to the research community by developing teaching resources, promoting thematic collections and conducting workshops on reusing data. Key activities include advising on informed consent for archiving and consulting with large ESRC programmes and centres.